Nightstand Contents

2. Bag of snacks-I keep a bag of snacks by my bed at all times. I never know when a dislocation of a joint can occur, or when I may need my pain meds in the middle of the night. After much trial and error I have found that when waking up in extreme pain, having to go to the kitchen to get a drink and snack, so I can take meds is a huge feat that is hard to accomplish, and sometimes impossible.

3. Water.

4. Essential Oils- Help with my anxiety and PTSD.

5. Body Cream/Lotions- The various lotions and creams are for several topical healing processes: for my joints and for my skin conditions- eczema and keratosis.

6. Hand Sanitizer- For sanitizing hands to tend to wound care.

7. First Aid Box-I am constantly dealing with wound care (most recently having feeding tube removed, and an open stoma that was healing, as well as having stitches in my upper chest from an access port, and three holes from my central line).

8. Thermometer- Constantly checking my temperature due to bad immune system, and having several episodes of overwhelming sepsis blood infections.